Three Courtyards House / Miguel Marcelino

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Benavente, Portugal
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© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Text description provided by the architects. The plot  is located in the middle of a “montado” landscape, being the best views to the north with a lake and the skyline punctuated by cork oak trees.

Three Courtyards House / Miguel Marcelino - Windows
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The house is organized in a compact volume of two floors, complemented by three courtyards all different in size and features.

Three Courtyards House / Miguel Marcelino - Facade, Courtyard
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

A first large courtyard, enclosed, intimate, situates on the south side, embracing a big existing cork oak. Next to the back entrance there is another smaller patio, for service.

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© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The third courtyard works as a key element in the relationship between home and the north side – it’s a slim space with a large horizontal opening that frames the landscape – it has an atmosphere of a "inner space outdoors”, the light is soft, by reflection on the outer wall that receives direct sunlight.

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© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

This vertical courtyard communicates with a staircase that leads to an open terrace, the last element of the sequence of spaces, patios and atmospheres that go from more introspective and private to more open and outside.

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Cite: "Three Courtyards House / Miguel Marcelino" 27 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/298667/three-courtyards-house-miguel-marcelino> ISSN 0719-8884

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